[HostileTerritory]

Those amendments were defeated because of Republicans control the House. We will control the House for at least the rest of the decade. It has nothing to do with who the President is. At this point, I think the only thing that could cost us the House would be if Dubya wins re-election *and* doesn't mend his big-spending ways before the '06 midterms.

I don't want Howard Dean nominating judges! I don't want to count on a Democrat to keep spending in check. How perverse is that?

[Consort]

Those amendments were defeated because of Republicans control the House. We will control the House for at least the rest of the decade. It has nothing to do with who the President is.

In the eyes of most voters, it's the GOP.